Spacecraft and Experiments

NSSDC/ WDC-A-R&S Supplement No. 1 to the January 1974 Report on Active and Planned Spacecraft and Experiments (NASA-TM-X-6991 3) SUPPLEMENT NO. 1 TO N74-3027 THE JANUARY 1974 REPORT ON ACTIVE AND PLANNED SPACECRAFT AND EXPERIMENTS (NASA) CSCL 22A Unclas p5- G3/30 45603 JULY 1974 Reproduced by NATIONAL TECHNICAL INFORMATION SERVICE US Department of Commerce Springfield, VA. 22151 NSSDC/WDC-A-R&S NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION * GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER, GREENBELT, MD. NSSDC/WDC-A-R&S 74-12 SUPPLEMENT NO. 1 TO THE JANUARY 1974 REPORT ON ACTIVE AND PLANNED SPACECRAFT AND EXPERIMENTS Edited by Richard Horowitz and Leo R. Davis National Space Science Data Center July 1974 National Space Science Data Center (NSSDC)/ World Data Center A for Rockets and Satellites (WDC-A-R&S) National Aeronautics and Space Administration Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, Maryland 20771 Page intentionally left blank PREFACE This supplement to the Report on Active and Planned Spacecraft and Experiments provides the professional community with information on current as well as planned spacecraft activity in a broad range of scientific disciplines. The document provides brief descriptions for spacecraft and experiments that were not listed in the original report or the content of which has significantly changed from that previously reported due to information recently received. Current data regarding expected launch dates and operation and performance data are presented for all spacecraft and experiments that were active or planned as of March 31, 1974. We would like to acknowledge the cooperation of the acquisition scientists and others at the National Space Science Data Center (NSSDC) in obtaining information and offering suggestions for this supplement. We are most appreciative of the efforts of the on-site contractor at NSSDC, Programming Methods, Inc. (PMI) Facilities Management Corpora- tion, in preparing this document for publication. Also, the cooperation of the project offices and experimenters in supplying current documentation of their spacecraft and experiments is gratefully acknowledged. We are particularly pleased with the many constructive comments and corrections we have received from interested readers. NSSDC plans to publish a new cumulative report within 6 months; subsequent plans call for quarterly supplements and an annual cumulative report. July 1974 Richard Horowitz Leo R. Davis iii TABLE OF CONTENTS Page PREFACE .............. '..................................... vii INTRODUCTION :............ ........................... SECTION 1 - SUPPLEMENTARY DESCRIPTIONS OF ACTIVE AND 1001 PLANNED SPACECRAFT AND EXPERIMENTS .............. 1083 SECTION 2 - INDEXES ......................................... 2.1 - Cumulative Index of Active and Planned 1085 Spacecraft and Experiments .............. ......... 2.2 - Cumulative Bar Graph Indexes for Electromagnetic Radiation Experiments ........................... 1117 SECTION 3 - SPACECRAFT AND EXPERIMENTS LAUNCHED OR INACTIVATED BETWEEN APRIL 1, 1973, AND 1123 MARCH 31, 1974 .................................. 1125 3.1 - Spacecraft Launched ............................. 3.2 - Spacecraft and Experiments Which Became Operational Off ........................ ....... .. 1133 3.3 - Spacecraft and.Experiments Which Became 1137 Inoperable ................. ......................... 1141 SECTION 4 - RECENT NSSDC DATA ACQUISITIONS .................. NOT FILMED pE PAG BLANK V INTRODUCTION The purpose of this supplement to the Report on Active and Planned Spacecraft and Experiments is to provide updated information and descriptions on the spacecraft and experiments described therein. This includes spacecraft and experiments that have become known to NSSDC since the original report was published or the descriptions of which have changed significantly from that previously reported. In general, the contents, availability, definitions, abbreviations, and acronyms described in the Introduction to the annual report are applicable to this supplement and will not be repeated here. Several changes have been made to the organization of the report in an effort to simplify its use. Sections 1 and 2 of the original report have been combined to form Section 1 of the supplement. The spacecraft and experiment descriptions in Section 1 of the supplement are now sorted by the spacecraft common name and the principal investigator's last name (instead of by NSSDC ID code). Thus, a particular description can now usually be located without reference to the index. -In addition to these changes, the Explorer spacecraft prelaunch generic names will be used as common names (i.e., IMP-H instead of Explorer 47). This, coupled with the new sort order, places prelaunched and launched spacecraft for a given project series in a contiguous sequence. Hope- fully, this change will simplify locating descriptions of spacecraft by listing names that are familiar to the user. The location of -spacecraft descriptions within the report may still be identified by alternate names using the index in Section 2.1. This cumulative index not only serves as an index to the location of spacecraft and experiment descriptions but also includes other useful information, such as the operational status and data rate, in a convenient and useful format. A set of bar graphs covering electromagnetic radiation is included in Section 2.2. Several of the changes just noted were suggested by interested readers. We again wish to solicit such suggestions and comments as well as notifications of errors or omissions. PRECEDING AG vii SECTION 1 - SUPPLEMENTARY DESCRIPTIONS OF ACTIVE AND PLANNED SPACECRAFT AND EXPERIMENTS This section contains descriptions of spacecraft and experiments, both active and planned, that have become known to NSSDC since the original report was published or the descriptions of which have changed significantly from that previously reported. The descriptions are sorted first by spacecraft common name. Within each spacecraft listing, experiments are ordered by the principal investigator's last name. If the common name, as used by NSSDC, is not known, it can be found by referring to an alternate name found in the index in Section 2.1. For more detailed information on the contents of the descriptions, the reader is referred to page 1 of the January 1974 report. 1i81 NATIONAL SPACE SCIENCE DATA CENTER ACTIVE AND PLANNED SPACECRAFT AND EXPERIMENTS ##******9#*****t#*********+#*$4**#****#*******APOLLO 16 LM/ALSEP *********** SPACECRAFT COMMON NAME- APOLLO 16 LM/ALSEP ALTERNATE NAMES- ALSEP 16, LEM 16, ROVER 16, 06005. APOLLO 16C NSSDC ID- 72-031C LAST REPORTED STATE- LAUNCHED AND OPERATING NORMALLY AT THE STANDARD DATA ACQUISITION RATE SINCE 04/21/72. LAUNCH DATE- 04/16/72 SPACECRAFT WEIGHT IN ORBIT- 5040. KG LAUNCH SITE- CAPE KENNEDY, UNITED STATES LAUNCH VEHICLE- SATURN 5 SPONSORING COUNTRY/AGENCY UNITED STATES NASA-OMSF UNITED STATES NASA-OSS SPACECRAFT PERSONNEL (PM=PROJECT MANAGER* PS=PROJECT SCIENTIST) SPACECRAFT BRIEF DESCRIPTION THE APOLLO 16 LUNAR MODULE (LM) CONSISTED OF A LUNAR LANDING CRAFT, A LUNAR ROVING VEHICLE (LRV), AND AN APOLLO LUNAR SURFACE EXPERIMENT PACKAGE (ALSEP) THAT CONTAINED SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENTS TO BE LEFT ON THE LUNAR SURFACE AFTER COMPLETION OF THE MANNED PORTION OF THE MISSION. THE LM LANDED IN THE DESCARTES HIGHLAND REGION JUST NORTH OF THE CRATER DOLLAND AT 8 DEG 59 MIN 55 SEC S LATITUDE, AND 15 DEG 31 MIN 12 SEC E LONGITUDE. THE ALSEP WAS DEPLOYED AT THE LANDING SITE. THE LRV WAS USED DURING EXTRA VEHICULAR ACTIVITIES (EVA) TO EXTEND THE RANGE OF MANNED LUNAR EXPLORATION. THE NUCLEAR POWERED ALSEP PACKAGE CONTAINED SEISMIC, MAGNETIC FIELD, HEAT FLOW* LUNAR SOIL COMPOSITION, SOLAR WIND, AND COSMIC-RAY EXPERIMENTS. ************APOLLO 16 LM/ALSEP, DYAL EXPERIMENT NAME- LUNAR SURFACE MAGNETOMETER NSSDC ID- 72-031C-03 LAST REPORTED STATE- LAUNCHED AND OPERATING NCRMALLY AT THE STANDARD DATA ACQUISITION RATE SINCE 08/17/73. EXPERIMENT PERSONNEL (PI=PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR, OI=CTHER INVESTIGATOR) PI - P. DYAL NASA-ARC MOFFETT FIELD, CA OI - C.W. PARKIN NASA-ARC MOFFETT FIELD* CA OI - C.P. SONETT U OF ARIZONA TUCSON, AZ EXPERIMENT BRIEF DESCRIPTION THIS EXPERIMENT CONSISTED OF A TRIAXIAL FLUXGATE MAGNETOMETER INTENDED TO MEASURE THE LOCAL MAGNETIC FIELD AT THE SURFACE OF THE MOON. IT WAS INTENDED TO YIELD INFORMATION ON THE MOON'S INTERNAL ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS. staggest########## ##############** **** *********CORSA ************* SPACECRAFT COMMON NAME- CORSA ALTERNATE NAMES- COSMIC RAY SATELLITE NSSDC ID- CORSA PRECEDING PAGE BLANK NOT FILMED 1003 LAST REPORTED STATE- A PROPOSED MISSION PLANNED LAUNCH DATE- 1975 SPACECRAFT WEIGHT IN ORBIT- 70. KG LAUNCH SITE- KAGOSHIMA, JAPAN LAUNCH VEHICLE- M-3S-C SPONSORING COUNTRY/AGENCY JAPAN TOKYO U PLANNED ORBIT PARAMETERS ORBIT TYPE- GEOCENTRIC ORBIT PERIOD- MIN APOAPSIS- 600. KM ALT PERIAPSIS- 350. KM ALT INCLINATION- 30. DEG SPACECRAFT PERSONNEL (PM=PROJECT MANAGER, PS=PROJECT SCIENTIST) PM - M. ODA U OF TOKYO TOKYO, JAPAN PS - S. HAYAKAWA NAGOYA U NAGOYA* JAPAN SPACECRAFT BRIEF DESCRIPTION THE OBJECTIVES OF THE COSMIC RADIATION SATELLITE, CORSA. ARE TO MAKE MEASUREMENTS OF COSMIC X RAYS AND HEAVY PRIMARY PARTICLES. THESE ARE REDUCED GOALS RELATIVE TO THE ORIGINAL PRCGRAM, WHICH WAS THE MEASUREMENT CF COSMIC X RAYS, GAMMA RAYS, ALPHA PARTICLES, AND HEAVY NUCLEI. AN ENGINEERING MODEL OF THE SATELLITE INCORPORATING ALL FOUR EXPERIMENT PACKAGES WAS CONSTRUCTED AND EVALUATED IN 1971-72. ON THE BASIS OF THE STUDY OF THE ENGINEERING MODEL, A DECISION

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